"Holo"er than thou: Chromosome segregation and kinetochore function in C. elegans

Chromosome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 641-653

  Maddox, Paul S ^a   Oegema, Karen ^a   Desai, Arshad ^a   Cheeseman, Iain M ^a  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Centromere; Holocentric; Microtubule; Mitosis; Nematode

Indexed keywords

DNA; AUTOANTIGEN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ORGANELLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; MITOSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; KINETOCHORES; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS;

EID: 4444223267     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000036588.42225.2f     Document Type: Article

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